Turkish assays delight Pilot Gold
Drill results from Pilot Gold’s (PLG-T) early stage joint-venture project with a Turkish subsidiary of Teck Resources (TCK.A-T, TCK.B-T, TCK-N) sent the junior explorer’s shares up 3.4% to $1.87 with 1.8 million…
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Sunridge adds deposit to Asmara
Controlling a district rich with volcanic massive sulphides (VMS) has its advantages.
Richmont delivers double whammy in Quebec
Richmont Mines (RIC-T, RIC-X) has found itself in a tough spot, with its shares sinking to a new 52-week low, after taking the Francoeur gold mine offline and scrapping its exploration efforts on the Wasamac gold property, both near…
TSX Venture loses ground, Nov. 26-30
VANCOUVER — The S&P TSX Venture Composite Index fell 38.1 points, or 3%, during the Nov. 26-30 trading sessions before closing the week at 1,220.90 points. Global economic news continues to be mixed, with ongoing negotiations over the…
TSX manages small gain, Nov. 26-30
Investors remained cautious about the outlook for negotiations to avoid the “fiscal cliff” in the United States, but a strong earnings season for Canadian banks helped lift the S&P/TSX Composite Index 26.12 points or 0.21% to…
U.S. markets edge up during Nov.26-30 week
During the Nov.26-30 trading week investors paid close attention to U.S. lawmakers negotiating a budget deal to avoid the approaching “fiscal cliff” or automatic tax hikes and government spending cuts set to start on Jan. 1, 2013….
Market news: Toronto Stock Exchange
The Toronto stock market gained during the trading week as investors looked forward to a positive U.S. holiday retail season and good news coming out of Europe regarding Greece’s bailout plan.
Market news: TSX Venture Exchange
The TSX Venture Exchange made a modest gain of 12 points to 1,258.97 points for the period as global markets shrugged off their past selling ways and embraced a more positive outlook on the state of the world.
Kinross reports strong Q3 results
Kinross Gold (K-T, KGC-N) shares have fallen by 15% since the beginning of October, but strong third-quarter results portend a turnaround is in store, analysts say.
UBC, SFU win $25M federal mining grant
Vancouver’s two biggest universities have been selected to spearhead the establishment of a “Canadian International Institute for Extractive Industries and Development”. The University of British Columbia (UBC) and Simon…
Mining the Canadian markets
With nearly 1,650 companies listed, mining is one of the Toronto Stock Exchange’s most important sectors. The TSX and the TSX Venture Exchange are home to more than half of the world’s public mining companies, as Canada continues to…
Editorial: DRC on the edge
As we go to press, rebel fighters from the M23 group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have pushed past Goma, the capital of North Kivu province, to the town of Sake, 20 km west, and claim they plan to march to Kinshasa, the…